SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 19, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Maps Goes Wikimapia, Lets The People Move The Map Points Registered Google users are now permitted to adjust the place markers for businesses on Google Maps and soon will have […]
Danny Sullivan on November 19, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Google Maps
Goes Wikimapia, Lets The People Move The Map Points
Registered Google users are now permitted to adjust the place markers for
businesses on Google Maps and soon will have the ability to more broadly edit
local business information. Changes will initially go through a human
editorial process to ensure the accuracy and propriety of information as the
new capabilities… - PPCall Provider
Ingenio Bought By AT&T
AT&T has announced that it acquired pay-per-call (PPCall) vendor and ad
network Ingenio for an undisclosed amount. The press release suggests that the
company was acquired primarily as a technology platform and perhaps
secondarily for its distribution network. That network includes AOL, Microsoft
(mobile), Jingle Networks (1-800-Free411), Medio Systems and… - AOL Offers
Video Ticker Ads
AOL is introducing a new video advertising format: ticker ads. It’s the latest
video site to move away from pre-roll, which the Online Publishers Association
suggests is a good model but otherwise is roundly rejected by users as
delivering a bad experience…. - How To Maximize
Your Exposure In Google
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at Google’s page titled How to submit your
content to Google. On first glance, it would be easy to assume this page
represents all your options for submission and link seeking. The page includes
the sections:… - Black Friday,
Inventory Data And Local Shopping
This Thursday is the US Thanksgiving holiday, so Friday marks the official
start of the holiday shopping season for a large percentage of US consumers.
Infamously known as "Black Friday" (for profit potential), many "big box"
retailers will open at midnight or in the early morning hours to longs… - Forget Black
Friday! Are You Ready For Holiday Season’s Cyber Mondays?
"Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the
year for U.S. brick-and-mortar retailers. But, for each Monday after Black
Friday, consumer searches spike up on the internet and online retail websites
enjoy their highest traffic and associated sales of the year. Search engine
use is…
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
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5 little-known Gmail features you may not yet know about, Official Gmail
Blog -
Google Docs Deep Dive, Google Enterprise Blog - Link to
Specific Content in Gmail, Google Blogoscoped
Firefox Exploit can Hack Gmail, PC World- Five Gigabytes
of Gmail Storage Now Available, Search Engine Roundtable -
PayPal offers secure way to shop non-PayPal sites, Reuters -
Windows Live For Your Domain, TechCrunch
Business Issues
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Henry Blodget: Microsoft: Hallucinating…Or About to Buy Yahoo?,
Huffington Post -
Yahoo shares up on Blodget takeover musings, Reuters -
Google Under Investigation For Tax Evasion In China, TechCrunch -
17 More Newspapers Join Yahoo Group, Associated Press -
Ask.com gets new digital advertising agency, Andrew R H Girdwood - Blogspot
Blogger May Remain Anonymous, Court Decides, Google Blogoscoped -
Google and Yahoo Sued for Hosting Content That Allegedly Infringes
Trademarks–(ISC)2 v. Degraphenreed, Eric Goldman - Yahoo ultimatum over
Europe performance, Financial Times
Conferences
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Five Things I Learned at BlogWorld, Part II, Yahoo Publisher Network Blog -
SMX London Day 1 Insights, BruceClay.com -
SMX London 2007, Cornwall SEO - Jane’s Take
on SMX London, SEOmoz - SEO for Multimedia –
Notes from SMX London 2007, Site Visibility - Understanding
Searcher Needs and Intent – Notes from SMX London 2007, Site Visibility - Jobs In Search Interviews
With Chris Sherman and Danny Sullivan At SMX London, Jobs In Search
Podcast - London
SMX Experience, David Naylor
Link Building
Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger, IZEA Blogs-
PageRank and Paid Links, Google Operating System -
PayPerPost Bloggers Get Slammed By Google, TechCrunch
Local, Maps & Mobile
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Local.com Begins Patent Credibility Strategy, Screenwerk -
Don’t expect Google to take on AT&T, News.com -
AT&T May Join Google’s Open Phone Coalition, DSL Reports -
Google Maps: Edit at your own risk – Google acknowledges bug, Mike
Blumenthal -
Teaching a thing or two, Google LatLong - Oodle 2.0: More
intelligent classifieds shopping, Webware - Poynt Gives
New Local Search Option for Windows Live Messenger Users, Search Engine
Watch Blog -
Rumoursville: Google sniffing round Skype, The Guardian
Paid Search & Contextual
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Complimentary campaign optimizations — at your request, Inside AdWords -
Google Refuses to Accept Cheney Impeachment Ad, Adrants -
Lyris Rounds Out HQ Dashboard With PPC Management Tool, MediaPost
Searching
- Nothin’ But Nets,
Yahoo Search Blog -
Beware Dr. Google, San Francisco Chronicle - Search
Startup Seeks to Be ‘Google for IT’, eWeek
We’ve made it easier to view Questions Needing Answers on Topic Pages,
Askville Blog-
Look what Mahalo made for me!, Momspeaks
SEM Industry
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SEOmoz’s Venture Capital Deal Closes Financials for Jan-Nov 2007, SEOmoz -
Congratulations to Epiar, Top Draw & A Roundup of the Last Week, SEOmoz - Search
Marketing Staffing Crisis, Search Engine Watch
An Interview with Matt McGee, Karl Ribas
SEO & SEM
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PageRank Evolution and SERP Rankings Analyzed – Evaluating a Statistical Study,
Fantomaster - Q & A Open Thread, SEO
Book - Might Google Notebooks
Influence Web Rankings?, SEO By The Sea -
How to Market Your Articles Without Using Article Distribution Sites,
Search Engine Journal
Social Media
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LinkedIn and The Future of Business Networking, Read/Write Web -
Social Media Marketing is Not SEO, ViperChill -
Bloglines Eric Engleman Discusses the Blogosphere with Eric Enge, Stone
Temple
Facebook Faces U.K. Probe, The Unofficial Facebook Blog-
Facebook Offers $85 Million To Acquire Chinese Social Networking Site
Zhanzuo.com, TechCrunch
Video, Music & Image Search
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YouTube’s HD Plans: Cancelled!, Silicon Alley Insider -
Flickr to map the world’s latest photo hotspots, Reuters -
Inside AdSense: Video units coming to the UK, Ireland and Canada, Inside
AdSense
Other Items
- My World, According to
Google, Red Herring
Google-funded 23andMe starts, offers $999 DNA test| Health| Reuters,
Reuters
Google executives wait at the judge’s [contest] table, Mercury News-
Shopping.com – There Are Always Two Sides to a Story,
ComparisonEngines.com -
And Now Google Is Making Its Own 10-Gigabit Switches, GigaOM - Podcast: Is That A
Google Android Phone In Your Pocket? Nah, Just The SDK! Plus FeedBurner Stats,
Search Blogs Categorized , Daily SearchCast - Podcast: Live
Search Gets Webmaster Tools; Google Maps Lets People Do Edits; Google Most
Allowed By Robots.txt , Daily SearchCast
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